Published 18:01 IST, May 14th 2024
Democracy Discount: Mumbai Restaurants to Offer Massive Discount to Voters on May 20, 21. Deets He
Mumbai will go to polls in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20, 2024.
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Mumbai: In an effort to boost voter turnout during polling, a section of restaurants in Mumbai on Tuesday announced a 20 per cent discount on the total dine-in bill value on May 20, 21 to the local voters. Mumbai will go to polls in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20, 2024.
The Democracy Discount initiative is the hospitality fraternity's way of encouraging citizens to go out and cast their votes, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) Mumbai Chapter said in a statement.
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"Mumbai as a city has always had such a great sense of community and I am thrilled that we have so many fabulous brands on board as part of the NRAI Mumbai Chapter," NRAI Mumbai Chapter Head Rachel Goenka said in the statement.
As part of this initiative, all participating restaurants will offer a 20 per cent discount on the total bill value to those dine-in customers who are residents as per their voter ID and have cast their vote with an inked finger.
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Earlier the Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited (MMMOCL) had rolled out a special discount for commuters on May 20. As per the announcement from MMMOCL, passengers travelling through Metro Line 2A and Line 7 will get a 10 percent discount on their fares on the day of polling.
Line 2A shuttles between Andheri (west) and Dahisar (east), while Line 7 connects Dahisar (east) and Andheri (east).
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(With PTI Inputs)
17:56 IST, May 14th 2024